Quantitative analysis of montmorillonite platelet size by atomic force microscopy

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 7025-7034

  Ploehn, Harry J ^a   Liu, Chunyan ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MONTMORILLONITE PLATELET; PLATELET SUSPENSIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CLAY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750343709     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051392r     Document Type: Article

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